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Friday, 5 May 2023

Boundary Brook NR - 5 May

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1 Large Red Damselfly Helen Edwards 

Oxford - Iffley 5 May

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1 Large Red Damselfly 1 Broad bodied Chaser Steve Roby Broad-bodied Chaser (c) Steve Roby Large Red Damselfly (c) Steve Roby 

Letcombe Brook south of Wantage - 5 May

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 1 Large Red Damselfly Mark Bradfield Large Red Damselfly (c) Mark Bradfield 
Thursday, 4 May 2023

Cholsey Bow Bridge - 4 May

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 1 early Clubtail briefly! Clubtail (c) Alan Dawson 
Wednesday, 3 May 2023

Cholsey Bow Bridge - 3 May 2023

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 1 Large Red Damselfly Alan Dawson Large Red Damselfly © Alan Dawson

Otmoor - 30 April

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1 Hairy Dragonfly 1 Large Red Damselfly Ben Paternoster per iRecord
Monday, 1 May 2023

Oxford, Iffley - 30 April

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1 Large Red Damselfly in garden. Steve Roby
Sunday, 30 April 2023

Otmoor - 29th April

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1 Hairy Dragonfly 1 Large Red Damselfly Mrs Frances Buckel, via iRecord/BTO BirdTrack
Saturday, 29 April 2023

River Thames, Shillingford - 29 April

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 1 male Large Red Damselfly. Entered onto iRecord John Bloomfield Large Red Damselfly (c) John Bloomfield
Friday, 28 April 2023

Cholsey 20 & 28 April

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1 Large Red Damselfly: Green Lane 20th April SU594876 Lollingdon 28th April SU574858 Paul Chandler 
Thursday, 20 April 2023

Wantage - 20 April 2023

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 First record of the season! 1f Demoiselle sp. along the Letcombe Brook just upstream of the town. Mark Bradfield
Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Summary of the 2022 season in Oxfordshire

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With the 2023 season fast approaching, here is a summary of last years key sightings in the county: In 2022, the unprecedented heat wave and...
Saturday, 26 November 2022

Lollingdon - 25 November

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1 Common Darter In  the margin of a flooded field SU 574 856. Paul Chandler  Common Darter (c) Paul Chandler 
Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Cutteslowe Park - 22 November

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1m and 2f Common Darter  Also two belated Willow Emerald sightings from the southern tip Sunnymead Park: 6 October - 1 8 October - 2 Nick B...
Sunday, 20 November 2022

Standlake Common, 20th November

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One Common Darter by the gate leading to Langley Lane hide. My latest ever British dragonfly sighting. David Hastings Common Darter ♂© David...
Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Wroxton College Lakes - 16 November

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2 Common Darter Steve Holliday
Saturday, 12 November 2022

Standlake Common - 12 November

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3+ Common Darter Stephen Burch

Wroxton College Lakes - 12 November

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1m Willow Emerald Damselfly 1m Migrant Hawker  11+ Common Darter, including 4 pair in cop, two of which were ovipositing. Also a belated rec...
Saturday, 5 November 2022

Wroxton College Lakes - 4 November

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 3 Common Darter: 1m & 1 tandem pair Steve Holliday
Friday, 4 November 2022

Farmoor, 4th November

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I saw five male Common Darters between Pinkhill and Shrike Meadow this morning, and another one in the car park. David Hastings Common Dart...
Saturday, 29 October 2022

Little Wittenham - 29 October

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19 Common Darter (including a pair in cop) and 4 Willow Emerald Damselflies enjoying the exceptionally warm mid-afternoon sun on the last w...

Ardington - 29 October

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Pool to SW of village SU430882: 2+ Willow Emerald Damselfl y 3+ Common Darter, inc one pair in cop. Enjoying the absurdly warm sunlight in t...
Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Standlake Common - 25 October

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1 Common Darter Stephen Burch 
Sunday, 23 October 2022

Shillingford - Little Wittenham - 23 October

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During the few brief hours of warm sunshine today, 14 Common Darter and 3 Willow Emerald Damselflies in the Shillingford-Little Wittenham a...

Ardington - 23 October

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 Pool to SW of village SU430882: 2 Willow Emerald Damselfly 1 Darter sp - presumed Common (glimpse only) Stephen Burch

Nicola Devine 1971-2022

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Some very sad news to report. As some of you may already know, Nicola Devine, one the most prolific contributors to this blog, has died aged...
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Saturday, 22 October 2022

Aston, 22nd October

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A male Common Darter was in my garden in west Oxon at lunchtime today.  David Hastings Common Darter ♂© David Hastings
Thursday, 20 October 2022

Otmoor, 18th October

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Migrant Hawker - 1 Common Darter - 6+ David Hastings
Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Wroxton College - 16 October

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Example of numerous Willow Emerald oviposition scars on an ash twig. This is a good method for confirming breeding of this species which is ...
Saturday, 8 October 2022

River Thames at Farmoor - 4 October

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1 Willow Emerald Damselfly Geoff  Dymott per Facebook

Standlake Common - 8 October

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1 Common Darter SP391019 Stephen Burch Common Darter © Stephen Burch

Steeple Aston - Southern Hawker emergences in 2022

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Deborah Dunn has had a very productive year for her daily monitoring of Southern Hawker emergences and exuviae at her small garden pond. Thi...
Sunday, 2 October 2022

Aston, 2nd October

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A  Southern Hawker was ovipositing in my garden pond this afternoon. David Hastings Southern Hawker ♀© David Hastings
Saturday, 1 October 2022

1st October, Central Oxford

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Now that it's October I guess that a sighting of a Migrant Hawker  briefly in my garden on Saturday is more significant. No photos I...

Little Wittenham / Shillingford - 1 October

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7 Common Darter and 3 Willow Emerald Damselflies . Entered in iRecord Willow Emerald Damselfly - male (c) John Bloomfield Willow Emerald Dam...

Wroxton College Lakes - 1 October

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1 Willow Emerald Damselfly - by the main lake (first ever Oxon record in October) 2 Hawker sp. - one probably a Migrant Hawker. Steve Holli...
Thursday, 29 September 2022

Buscot Park NT - 28 September

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1 Willow Emerald Damselfly - SU245965 Definitely the furthest west record in the county!  Bill Haynes, per iRecord
Saturday, 24 September 2022

Letcombe Bassett - 22 September

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1m Willow Emerald Damselfly  Note the blue on the face and the underside near the tip of the abdomen - apparently shown by some males late i...
Sunday, 18 September 2022

Cutteslowe Park - 18 September

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1m Willow Emerald Damselfly .  By the pond. 2 Migrant Hawker  3 Common Darter Nick Boyd 
Saturday, 17 September 2022

Wantage - 17 September

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1  Willow Emerald: along the hedge between the field at the back of the Health Centre and the old canal.  1 Southern Hawker and 20 Common D...
Friday, 16 September 2022

Wroxton College Lakes 16 Sept 2022

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Willow Emerald Damselfly 1: c 7m up in a conifer at end of Main Lake - the first sighting in this area of the site. Common Blue Damselfly 14...
Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Wantage - 14 September

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Stockham Stormwater pond SU389887. Willow Emerald Damselfly 3 (including a pair ovipositing on a thin Willow shoot.) Common Darter 11 Migra...

Ardington - 14 September

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At the pond south-west of the village in the afternoon sunshine SU430882: 4+ Willow Emerald Damselfly  - including 1m and a tandem pair sett...
Tuesday, 13 September 2022

Aston, 13th September

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A female Southern Hawker was ovipositing in/around my garden pond today. Southern Hawker ♀© David hastings
Monday, 12 September 2022

Wytham Woods - 7 September

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Around the Duck Pond SP45810750 3m+ Willow Emerald Damselfly 10-20 Common Darter Ruddy Darter Hawker sp. Probably Southern Note: This pond i...

Wroxton College Lakes - 11 September

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Willow Emerald 1m by Lady Pool Common Blue Damselfly 3m plus 5 probables Migrant Hawker 3m by Lady Pool Black-tailed Skimmer 1m by Main Lake...
Sunday, 11 September 2022

Aston, 11th September

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Common Darter - pair in tandem, with female ovipositing in garden pond Southern Hawker - 1 male 
Saturday, 10 September 2022

Standlake - 10 September

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Southern Hawker - ovipositing in garden pond. SP403032 Mick Cunningham 

Earth Trust, Little Wittenham - 10 September

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7 Willow Emerald Damselflies (3 pairs in cop plus an additional individual), 3 Migrant Hawker, 35 Common Darters (15 pairs in cop and ovipo...
Thursday, 8 September 2022

Shrike Meadow, Farmoor - 7 September

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2 Blue Damselflies 3 Brown Hawkers  1 Migrant Hawker 1 tandem pair Common Darter. James Wainscoat Migrant Hawker ©  James Wainscoat Common D...